Want to learn how to Powder Coat?

**99ishVR-4** · 12-03-2012, 03:28 PM

After powder coating for about a year now, I have decided to start a Powder Coating Guide to help people start out. I did it in blog form because I don't know how to make a website not look like a 5 year old made it. The reason I started it is because while there is a lot of information on the internet about powder coating, a lot of it is spread out and there are a lot of sites just stating the same old things that weren't really helpful at all. I haven't even touched on how to powder coat yet as its basically brand new but I plan on adding information everyday.

A couple months after I started powder coating, I started getting really good results and considering how expensive it is to have everything you want powder coated on your car, doing it yourself can definitely save you some money and it turned out to be a fun little hobby.

If you want to check out the site: Powder Coating- The Complete Guide

Please feel free to leave me feedback, this is the first blog I have ever made, and I know some people on here are web designers. If the layout or anything looks dumb, please let me know.

If you like the site or plan on getting into powder coating, you can subscribe so you will get all the updates as I post them.

**99ishVR-4** · 12-03-2012, 03:30 PM

**thor'svr4** · 12-03-2012, 07:14 PM

very cool. one quick question though, when you apply 2 powders (color and clear) do you apply both colors at once then bake the part or do you apply color then bake then apply clear then bake a 2nd time?

**99ishVR-4** · 12-03-2012, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by thor'svr4

very cool. one quick question though, when you apply 2 powders (color and clear) do you apply both colors at once then bake the part or do you apply color then bake then apply clear then bake a 2nd time?

If it is a normal color like black, red, blue, etc I would spray the first color and bake it for 75% of the cure time, take the part out of the oven and let it cool down. Attach ground, then shoot 2nd color and bake for 2nd colors full cure time. This allows the 2 coats to crosslink to each other. Not doing it this way can cause delamination of the 2nd coat.

If its a chrome or candy color, you would fully cure the first coat, let it cure, completely cool, shoot the 2nd coat and full cure it again. This does have a higher risk of delamination but not doing it this way causes a fine cracking appearance in the chrome.

**CoopKill** · 12-03-2012, 10:34 PM

Cool, thanks for posting!

**99ishVR-4** · 12-03-2012, 10:36 PM

No problem, thanks for reading. Feel free to post comments on my blog as well if you have any more questions. I am getting more traffic than I thought on it, but still waiting for my first commenter lol.

**stealthknight619** · 12-03-2012, 10:55 PM

I could definitely use this on my 92TT restoration and for other applications. Thanks for posting!!

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**99ishVR-4** · 12-03-2012, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by stealthknight619

I could definitely use this on my 92TT restoration and for other applications. Thanks for posting!!

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Restoring my 92 vr-4 is exactly why I got into it in the first place, definitely happy I went with powder over spray paint and I have no experience real paint. Also am glad I am doing it myself as just what I have done so far would have been 10 times what I have spent in materials. You'll be glad you did as long as you take the time to learn it.

**Street_Chally73** · 12-04-2012, 05:53 AM

Nice write-up! I'm just about to start doing this myself (Eastwood's dual voltage gun kit) & I already have a huge list of items I wish to coat...No more spray-bombing for this guy!